A no confidence motion against Sri Lanka's Northern Province Chief Minister C V Wigneswaran was handed over to Governor Reginald Cooray with the signatures of provincial council members, the Governor's office said today.

Punjab Assembly today witnessed noisy scenes after SAD-BJP and AAP MLAs created ruckus over farm debt waiver and sand mining issues, forcing adjournment of the house twice. Following a huge uproar, the Speaker suspended all the members of AAP for the day.

The CBI has decided to launch a probe into alleged irregularities running into crores of rupees in the procurement of land for National Highway 74 in Udham Singh Nagar district, said Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat.

The Communist Party of India today blamed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the "violent" agitation for a separate Gorkhaland state, saying her "unnecessary promise" earlier was the cause for the fresh round of protests.

The Uttar Pradesh government today claimed that it has made nearly 63 per cent roads in the state pothole-free and termed it as a record of sorts which the opposition parties dismissed as "mere eyewash".

The Bombay High Court today asked the CBI to inform a special court not to proceed against Congress MP Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh Housing Society scam case till the HC has heard his plea against the Maharashtra governor's sanction to prosecute him.

Manipur Governor Najma Heptulla, on her maiden visit to Jamia Millia Islamia University after taking charge as its chancellor, would unfurl a national flag and unveil the 'Wall of Heroes', a release from the university said today.

Inaugurating a five-day conference of the North East Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Association here, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today said that India cannot develop without development of the North-East (N-E).

As many as 24,000 words, phrases, idioms, phrasal verbs and derivatives with their translations and over 200 illustrations, 13,000 example sentences and 1,100 synonyms and opposites are some of the key features of a new Oxford English-English Assamese dictionary.

A 23-year-old man was today arrested after he killed his mother at Khumbikhurd village in Palamau district, police said. The accused hacked his 48-year-old mother with an axe following an altercation between them.

Metro Railway will run one pair of special Metro Services (One Up + One Down.) on June 18 (Sunday) to cope with the expected rush of commuters due to appear for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination- 2017.

As a result of the massive ticket checking drive conducted by Eastern Railway all over its jurisdiction from June 2 to June 8, altogether 42,876 persons were detected travelling without or with improper ticket and carrying unbooked luggage and an amount of Rs 85,27,4

With a view to ensure safe and comfortable journey of railway passengers, it has been decided to replace the conventional coaches of 12887/12888 Howrah-Puri-Howrah Weekly Express with LHB coaches with effect from June 18 from Puri and with effect from June 19 from How

An unusual occurrence caught the attention of the city residents on Thursday. Hundreds of by-standers were seen assembled along the road after India’s largest transport aircraft, Ilyushin, or the IL-76, landed at the airport here from the opposite direction. Rumor mills immediately started working overtime floating myriad theories.

The Member of Parliament, Mr Bishnu Pada Ray, on Thursday, lashed out on the Police administration for its failure in arresting the Divisional Forest Officer of Diglipur accused for molesting women employees. Raising doubts on the investigation, Mr Ray claimed that the people are losing faith in the Andaman and Nicobar Police.

Poor maintenance of play equipments in the city’s most prominent Park is inviting sharp criticism for the civic body. Marina Park located in the heart of the city is thronged by hundreds of tourists and locals particularly during weekends. The vicinity of the Marina Park offers elderly an excellent walk trail, while children prefer to play inside the Park.